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Avishek G Dastidar

New Delhi

Journalist at The Indian Express

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  • Aug 12, 2023 | indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar

    “He spoke of station development, a railway university, faster, cleaner trains, induction of new and clean technologies,” a former Railway Board member recalled, adding that after a slow start, Modi’s pet railway university project, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, became a reality in Vadodara in 2018. “A presentation on the Railways to the PM himself was unheard of,” a former Railway Board member who was part of the meeting told The Indian Express.

  • Aug 5, 2023 | indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar

    Railways is training over 9,000 personnel directly connected with station construction and management to handle the redeveloped Amrit Bharat stations, which, it estimates, will start getting ready in the next two years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday laid the foundation stone for 508 of the stations taken up for upgrade in the first phase for around Rs 24,700 crore.

  • Aug 2, 2023 | indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar

    Listen to this article Jaipur-Mumbai train shooting: What role does the RPF play in railway security?

  • Aug 2, 2023 | indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar

    IN A flip-flop on the mental health of Chetan Singh, the RPF constable who allegedly shot dead his senior and three passengers in a Mumbai-bound train, the Railways said Wednesday that he and his family kept his medical issues a secret from office, but withdrew the statement later citing an ongoing inquiry.

  • Aug 1, 2023 | indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar

    Listen to this article Next week, PM likely to lay foundation for revamp of 500 stations x 00:00 1x 1.5x 1.8x Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lay the foundation stones of 500 railway station redevelopment projects in one go next week as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The entire Railways machinery is working to pull off this mammoth logistical exercise — what is slated to be the biggest ever foundation stone-laying exercise in one go. Sources said nearly 2.5 lakh school...

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